Make up your mind

Do you agree that eliminating nuclear weapons is as important as curbing climate change? Are nuclear weapons worse than all other types of weapons? Think hard about these and other similar questions – and then make up your mind! Have a go at justifying your position to your peers. And remember, this isn’t a place to criticize anybody else’s opinion.

Steps

Create an “opinion continuum” by placing a string across the floor of your classroom.

One end represents “strongly disagree” and the other represents “strongly agree”.

Read out a series of statements and get your classmates to line up along the string.

People who are neutral should stand in the middle and so on – all along the continuum.

Ask people to explain why they chose to stand where they’re standing.

Invite people to move if they have changed their minds based on arguments made.